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J-Term disappears and calendar changes with faculty
I think it is misplaced to think that students are going two years instead of just one to create
to come here primarily for January Term when we general education sequence which inc
have a brand new science complex and a new field courses.
By Maisa Taha house," he said. The overall CUPP plan will begin
Staff Writer Professor John Wenum felt that students in such next year. Faculty course loads will dr
Despite students' sit-down protest outside the programs as elementary education would need an classes to six, students will drop from
ulty pDavRiodosmoC ntaho neu nsceild Uonniv ersity Programs andc- extra month to meet all outside degree requirements (with the optional J-Term) and gradu
ulty passedtheCouncil on University Prgrams and in four years. Therefore, he said, he supported the ments will decrease. Incoming fresh
Policies' (CUPP) course load ana calenaar cnange
proposal by a 73 - 53 vote.
Debate during the Dec. 10 faculty meeting centered
mainly on the proposed calendar change. According
to the CUPP plan, next year January Term will be
optional. Then, the 1995-96 school year will begin a
week earlier, end almost a full month earlier and
include an optional May Term instead of J-Term.
However, professor George Polites argued that
January was a better time than May for students to do
independent study, and that recruiting efforts may be
damaged by the change.
"I guess my feeling about it is that we're changing
everything, and who knows what effect all those
changes will have on some things maybe we're not.
sure of?" he said.
Professor Paul Bushnell disagreed.
"I would not want this school's academic reputa-tion
to depend upon the quality of its January Term.
"College is a place for the education of
students, and that's why we're here. We
need to work together to make [any
option] sparkle. "
- IWU President Minor Myers, jr.
idea of requiring students to take one May Term to
earn their diploma. However, professor Pamela
Muirhead felt it best to keep May optional.
"We've had January for such a long time without a
real educational rationale behind it. Requiring the
May term is to let the calendar drive the curriculum.
[We would be] repeating what got us into trouble
with January," she said.
Only one ammendment proposed by faculty mem-bers
and presented at the meeting passed (85-42).
The amendment allows Curriculum Council to have
vote
a satisfactory
ludes only 12
to take effect
op from seven
nine to eight
ation require-nan
will need
32 units to graduate, sophomores will need 33 and
juniors and seniors will need 34.
Then, as of fall 1995, the course units themselves
will be upgraded to equal four semester hours instead
of three and a half. This way, even freshmen who
accumulate a minimum of 32 units will in fact
exceed the current semester-hour degree require-ments.
Despite the faculty's divided vote, President Minor
Myers, jr., focused attention on the work ahead of
faculty and administration in making the new plan
work.
"College is a place for the education of students,
and that's why we're here. We need to work together
to make [any option] sparkle."
"What we want to do is to draw together all the
strength we have for the betterment of those students
who come to spend four years with us," he said.
Minor lire smokes out
residents and leaves
damage in Magil Hall
Judy Hoffmiller/Tne Argus
Residents of Munsell and several other dormitories engaged in all-out, snowball warfare. A chal-lenge
by the Munsell representatives was posted at many of the dormiories when they noticed the
first major snowfall of the year. An estimated 200 students participated in the event.
By Kevyn Kusinski
News Editor
Sunday January 2nd was the
day that anxious Illinois
Wesleyan students came back
to start their new semester.
But the residents of Magill
Hall were welcomed with an
unusual New Year's greet-ing-
a fire.
Around ten o'clock at night,
the fire broke out in the sec-ond
floor bathroom of Magill.
The fire had started in one of
the garbage cans, but neither
the Bloomington Fire
Department nor IWU
Residence Hall Association
confirmed a cause.
"I heard someone scream
that they thought they saw a
fire," Mike Willis, Hall
Director of Magill, said. "So
Ed Pacchetti, Hall director of
Dodds and myself attempted
to stop the fire with a fire
extinguisher."
Their efforts were futile.
The fire department came after
the fire alarm was set off by
the smoke. All of Magill's
occupants, who had just fin-ished
packing themselves back
into the dorm, were forced to
evacuate.
"The residents were told to
stay outside for close to an
hour," Willis said. After the
fire was extinguished, Willis
assessed the damage.
"The trash can was entirely
destroyed and had to be
replaced. There also was
extensive smoke damage to
the radiator, which had to be
sve MAGILL p.4

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J-Term disappears and calendar changes with faculty
I think it is misplaced to think that students are going two years instead of just one to create
to come here primarily for January Term when we general education sequence which inc
have a brand new science complex and a new field courses.
By Maisa Taha house," he said. The overall CUPP plan will begin
Staff Writer Professor John Wenum felt that students in such next year. Faculty course loads will dr
Despite students' sit-down protest outside the programs as elementary education would need an classes to six, students will drop from
ulty pDavRiodosmoC ntaho neu nsceild Uonniv ersity Programs andc- extra month to meet all outside degree requirements (with the optional J-Term) and gradu
ulty passedtheCouncil on University Prgrams and in four years. Therefore, he said, he supported the ments will decrease. Incoming fresh
Policies' (CUPP) course load ana calenaar cnange
proposal by a 73 - 53 vote.
Debate during the Dec. 10 faculty meeting centered
mainly on the proposed calendar change. According
to the CUPP plan, next year January Term will be
optional. Then, the 1995-96 school year will begin a
week earlier, end almost a full month earlier and
include an optional May Term instead of J-Term.
However, professor George Polites argued that
January was a better time than May for students to do
independent study, and that recruiting efforts may be
damaged by the change.
"I guess my feeling about it is that we're changing
everything, and who knows what effect all those
changes will have on some things maybe we're not.
sure of?" he said.
Professor Paul Bushnell disagreed.
"I would not want this school's academic reputa-tion
to depend upon the quality of its January Term.
"College is a place for the education of
students, and that's why we're here. We
need to work together to make [any
option] sparkle. "
- IWU President Minor Myers, jr.
idea of requiring students to take one May Term to
earn their diploma. However, professor Pamela
Muirhead felt it best to keep May optional.
"We've had January for such a long time without a
real educational rationale behind it. Requiring the
May term is to let the calendar drive the curriculum.
[We would be] repeating what got us into trouble
with January," she said.
Only one ammendment proposed by faculty mem-bers
and presented at the meeting passed (85-42).
The amendment allows Curriculum Council to have
vote
a satisfactory
ludes only 12
to take effect
op from seven
nine to eight
ation require-nan
will need
32 units to graduate, sophomores will need 33 and
juniors and seniors will need 34.
Then, as of fall 1995, the course units themselves
will be upgraded to equal four semester hours instead
of three and a half. This way, even freshmen who
accumulate a minimum of 32 units will in fact
exceed the current semester-hour degree require-ments.
Despite the faculty's divided vote, President Minor
Myers, jr., focused attention on the work ahead of
faculty and administration in making the new plan
work.
"College is a place for the education of students,
and that's why we're here. We need to work together
to make [any option] sparkle."
"What we want to do is to draw together all the
strength we have for the betterment of those students
who come to spend four years with us," he said.
Minor lire smokes out
residents and leaves
damage in Magil Hall
Judy Hoffmiller/Tne Argus
Residents of Munsell and several other dormitories engaged in all-out, snowball warfare. A chal-lenge
by the Munsell representatives was posted at many of the dormiories when they noticed the
first major snowfall of the year. An estimated 200 students participated in the event.
By Kevyn Kusinski
News Editor
Sunday January 2nd was the
day that anxious Illinois
Wesleyan students came back
to start their new semester.
But the residents of Magill
Hall were welcomed with an
unusual New Year's greet-ing-
a fire.
Around ten o'clock at night,
the fire broke out in the sec-ond
floor bathroom of Magill.
The fire had started in one of
the garbage cans, but neither
the Bloomington Fire
Department nor IWU
Residence Hall Association
confirmed a cause.
"I heard someone scream
that they thought they saw a
fire," Mike Willis, Hall
Director of Magill, said. "So
Ed Pacchetti, Hall director of
Dodds and myself attempted
to stop the fire with a fire
extinguisher."
Their efforts were futile.
The fire department came after
the fire alarm was set off by
the smoke. All of Magill's
occupants, who had just fin-ished
packing themselves back
into the dorm, were forced to
evacuate.
"The residents were told to
stay outside for close to an
hour," Willis said. After the
fire was extinguished, Willis
assessed the damage.
"The trash can was entirely
destroyed and had to be
replaced. There also was
extensive smoke damage to
the radiator, which had to be
sve MAGILL p.4